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Cube

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
kjuːb

Definitions

  1. A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
  2. A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
  3. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
  4. The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
  5. A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
  6. A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
  7. Clipping of cubic inch(es).
  8. An extremely socially conventional or conservative person, moreso than even a square.

Equivalents

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العربيةكعبةمكعب
Българскикубку́бче
Catalàcubcubicar
Ελληνικάκύβος
EsperantoKubo
Eestikuup
فارسیمکعب
עבריתקובייה
हिन्दीघन
Magyarköbkocka
Հայերենխորանարդ
Bahasa Indonesiadadukubus
ქართულიკუბი
Қазақ тілікубтекше
ភាសាខ្មែរគូប
Kurdîcubekûp
Lietuviųkubas
Latviešukubs
Македонскикоцкакуб
Монголшоо
Bahasa Melayudadukubus
Maltikubu
မြန်မာကုဗ
Românăcub
Slovenčinakocka
Slovenščinakocka
Shqipkub
Српскиčubarkobkockakupкоцка
Svenskablockkubtårnatärning
Тоҷикӣмукааб
Українськакуб
اردوگھن

Examples

When the math teacher is teaching the class about cubes, he asks them to imagine a cardboard box whose width, length, and height are all the same.”
“A: One cube or two? B: Oh, no sugar for me, thanks.”
The cube of 2 is 8.”
The cube of 0.5 is 0.125.”
“As if the 383 weren't already a roaring beast, in 1972 they bored it out some more, bringing it up to 400 cubes. This 400-cube monster could launch a land yacht like the Plymouth Fury from zero to sixty in under ten seconds.”
“My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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